Drawing of profile of Robert Hartley Cromek
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- 3.8269
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- Object number
- 3.8269
- On display
- No
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Drawing of profile of Robert Hartley Cromek - Burns's first biographer.
Robert Hartley Cromek (1770–1812) was an English engraver, editor, art dealer and entrepreneur who was most active in the early nineteenth century. He is best known for having allegedly cheated William Blake out of the potential profits of his engraving depicting Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims.
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